What mac should i get?

[izzodude]

Hey all,
im going away to boarding prep school and wanted to buy a new mac for school my price range is 0-1600$. i need something with at leat a 2.6ghz processor and a graphics card that supports dx10/dx9 games in boot camp, the two i were looking at were a refurb imac http://store.apple.com/us/product/FB419LL/A?mco=MjE0NDk5Mw
and a refurb macbook pro http://store.apple.com/us/product/FC026LL/A?mco=MjE0NDk5Mw
i currently own a white mac book 13.3 inch 2.4 ghz 2gb of ram and 160gb hdd
but am looking to upgrade this year or next.
i will mainly be using this computer for heavy gaming in boot camp (ie. fallout, crisis, x-plane, cod, ect.), school work (iwork 09), maybe a little cinema 4d, and some moderate video editing in final cut express/imovie 09, then alot of itunes videos/music (like 70gbs), and web surfing, and photoshop. please tell me weather you think i should get a new mac book pro or new 24 inch imac based on my sitchuation, Cheers!

 

[chan2004]

Both imac and mac are good

Question is do you want portability or a big screen?

If you plan to play windows games, go for a notebook.
All the other uses can be dealt with MB.
I didn't have a good experience with playing games in my mac, maybe I need an MBP.

 

[seb-opp]

you already have a macbook so I would get the iMac, unless you really need to have all your games with you where ever you go

 

[MacKiddyWiddy]

go with the imac as you have the portability in your macbook

 

[Hellhammer]

I would get PC because for 1500$ you get much faster PC than fastest iMac is. Just choose right parts and install Vanilla version of OS X and you'll have both, superb gaming machine and OS X